VisionTek Ultimate Performance PC3-17000 Memory Review - PAGE 1

VisionTek has only been a player in the memory market for a short time, but in this brief period their products have racked up multiple awards, including Neoseeker's own Recommended award. That's because the products offered by VisionTek rival those from manufacturers who have been in the market for years by offering excellent performance and pricing, along with a full lifetime warranty.

The latest VisionTek product to enter our labs is a quad-channel kit of DDR3 memory. Unlike the other kits we looked at before which were part of the Black Label series, the kit we just received fits into their Red Label series. VisionTek’s Red Label memory modules are equipped with high efficiency extruded aluminum heatsinks, and premium grade memory chips making them ideal for workstations as well as high-end gaming rigs. Additionally, each VisionTek memory module goes through rigorous burn-in testing to ensure they are able to meet the demands of high-end users users and gamers alike.

Comments

you guys still havent gotten your hands on low voltage RAM, have you? i said it before, and ill say it again...i would REALLY love to read a review on those sticks. in particular, this one, as it looks to be the only kit that runs at 1.25 volts

i mean, it offers no performance benefits (does it overclock more?), it isnt like RAM pumps out a ton of heat (i can see it helping a bit for laptops, but not so much desktops), and the small difference in voltage will make a negligible effect to ones power bill.... am i missing something?

i mean, it offers no performance benefits (does it overclock more?), it isnt like RAM pumps out a ton of heat (i can see it helping a bit for laptops, but not so much desktops), and the small difference in voltage will make a negligible effect to ones power bill.... am i missing something?

for about 5 bucks more, i feel it is worth it. yes, there are absolutely no performance benefits to it, and the energy saved looks small, considering its only about 4 to 6 watts. as for heat, im sure we all know that a little heat can make a big difference as a gamer, enthusiast, or overclocker.

as for the power bill, yep, also going to have a negligible effect. just like the gold efficiency power supplies. but in a few years, they pay themselves off. there are two forms of thinking here - get cheaper parts now, or pay a little more so that you save money in the long run. i am a firm believer in the latter.

also, while i can say for certain whether it will overclock better or not, i would assume so, considering that the modules would had to have been made more stable to run at the lower voltage in the first place, meaning that the parts themselves should be more stable, and because of the lower heat, it should have more tolerance for overclocking, compared to another stick of higher voltage.

considering that the modules would had to have been made more stable to run at the lower voltage in the first place, meaning that the parts themselves should be more stable, and because of the lower heat, it should have more tolerance for overclocking, compared to another stick of higher voltage.

what i was thinking. lower stock voltage = better quality modules.

i wonder though, what are the tolerances of low voltage ram? can i take it to, say, the voltage of a non-low voltage ram stick for overclocking purposes?

well if a module can be stable at a lower voltage, it is of better quality.

as for whether it can withstand higher voltages, im not sure. if you compare it to processors with ever decreasing manufacturing processes (32nm, 22nm etc), you see that the smaller it gets, the lower the vCore, but at the same time, they can overclock more, with less of a voltage increase. even then, their maximum temperature is lower. perhaps it works similarly here.

Ahhhh, do not look at the voltage when buying new DDR3. They all work at 1.5 to 1.6 volts some less. Look at the cas rating and frequency. The days of cursing 2 volts through memory are over and even at 1.65 volts the memory will never get hot. most memory will not need anything over 1.65 volts.